Happy new years everyone!
Let the new year start with the battle against the two Devils
"C'mon in! Nice to meetcha! I'd Dryad! I knew you come! I've got a bit of a gift of prophecy, y'know! It clued me in on the fact that the gates to the Underworld was getting ready to open. A flood of incoming Devils would make things pretty awful here in Elysia too, soooooo we'll definitely give you a hand."" A female possessing long wavy hair, pointy ears and wearing a gown made from plants that have stems and flowers growing out of it explained in an excited tone of voice before giggling.
"She's….not what I was expecting." Most people from the Heart Kingdom group thought, sweat-dropping slightly as they stood within a hollowed-out tree.
"What we're going to teach you is the ultimate magic. It embodies all the magic of its caster. That makes it unique, unrivalled spell for each individual, the essence of magic. Ordinarily, only chosen elves, who have vast magic, can use it. Humans possess far too little." Patry began to explain.
"However. Ho-ev-ever. By making use of Mana-Method in the Heart Kingdom, you acquired true magic that use enormous amounts of natural Mana. In other words, you can use more magic than you actually have! That means there's a chance that you'll be able to artificially use ultimate magic. Your six months of training weren't in vain." Dryad explained, cutting off Patry.
"Here in Elysia, become acquainted with the origin of souls, and phsically draw closer to Mana. Use the superhuman power of true magic to acquire ultimate magic!" The memory of their first meeting with Dryad rang through the Heart Kingdom group's heads as they launched attacks towards the incoming hoard of Devils, using runes to protect the humans from getting stuck by the attacks as well.
"Woooooooow! They're using those arrays to kep their attacks from hitting their allies….I wonder what happrned! I wonder how those work! Think they let me research them later?" Sally asked in an excited tone of voice.
"They managed to improve themselves in just two days? Impressive." Fuegoleon thought, slightly panicking at first that they would attack so openingly.
"Let'd go, everyone!" Blades said in a determined tone of voice.
It was at that moment that a cold shudder is felt by everyone.
"Long-ranking imbeciles, scrambling over each other to get out first…."
"What exactly are you frightened of, hmm?"
Two voices spoke from the shadows as a hand and tentacles grabbed two Devils.
"Ahhhh ha ha! Let's play catch. You be the ball." One of the voices spoke again as the two captured Devils got forced to be in a ball-shape position.
"Their magic is far stronger and more dreadful than the earlier Devils." Ralph thought as he and everyone else got their first sight of the Devils.
"They're…." Luck muttered, him having a good idea what are in front of them.
"Yes. Mid-ranking Devils." Mimosa responded, a troubled expression appearing on her face.
"A game of catch as we drink in delicious Mana, it doesn't get better than that." One of the four newly appeared mid-ranking Devils commented as they scratched their stomachs.
"But I imagine playing with humans….with be more entertaining." Another mid-ranking Devil commented, a wide grin appearing on their face.
"With low-ranking Devils, if use a tone of Mana, you can mow them down even if you're not Arcane stage. The problem is the Devils we are mid-rank and higher!" Dryad's voice rang through everyone's head.
"Hey, look at that. Perfect playmates. let see how much ultimate magic I can do." Luck said with a smirk on his face as he walked forwards with just as his Grimoire opened.
"Come, human. Entertain us with your screams." One of the mid-ranking Devils said as the got ready to attack Luck.
"Let's play with these guys and see what we've really got!" Luck said as he suddenly moved, appearing in front of the preparing Devil along with cutting its arm off.
"Huh….?" The Devil said in a confused tone of voice, trying to figure out what just happened.
"What is this guy? When did he-" Another Devil began to say, but was cut off as they and other three Devils suddenly got attacked.
"Ultimate Lightning Magic: Lightning Battle Fiend." The Black Bull lightning Mage announced his new spell, his body covered in lightning-made armour.
"Geez, c'mon. If you can't see me….this won't even count as a game." Luck commented as he glanced over his shoulder.
It was at that moment everyone saw something happening with the walls of the Spade Kingdom castle.
"What's…..that?! The castle…." One of the Spade Kingdom resistance member muttered in a shock tone of voice.
"It's burning? No, freezing?!" Another Spade Kingdom resistance member muttered, attempting to figure out what they and everyone is are seeing.
"Inside….there's somebody we can't afford to mess with!" Luck thought, his Mana sensors picking powerful Demonic-Mana.
"The first priority in this situation is to take down the Dark Triad and stop the situation from getting worse by closing the door to the Underworld. For that, Dante and the highest-ranking Devils must be separated." Natch thought, taking note on the current situation.
"Slowly. Calmly." Naamah commented in a low tone of voice.
"Let's have fun. Lets do so." Lilith commented, also in a low tone of voice.
"Torture! Ridicule! Destroy!" Naamah said, his voice becoming louder.
"That's right! That's right! Kill!" Lilith said, her voice becoming louder.
With Dante, the Devil host of Lucifero began to laugh.
"This, this it! Excellent! This is the world I was seeking!" Dante exclaimed with a wide smile on his face.
"He looks fun too, but he's Lucifero's toy. Seems like trouble." Lilith noted, sensing the Demonic-Mana coming off Dante.
"Hey…..Your opponent is me…." Jack said as he attempted to prevent himself from falling back onto the ground.
"I will slice you, for sure!" The captain of the Green Mantis said, a grin appearing on his face.
"Fascinating." Dante said as he glanced over his shoulder.
"It's tough with Jack only. However, I have no other choice but to bet on you." Natch thought just as one of his four Devils appeared next to his shoulder.
"Wargunner. Did you finish the mission before coming here?" Natch asked, causing the Devil known as Wargunner to nod it's head in response.
"Alright. Devil Union: Gallus." Natch announced, deactivating his current Devil Union form before taking on a form which have him black feathered wings, a feather-like cape draped over his shoulders, a hat where the Devil's horns are poking through and a bird shaped mask.
The vice-captain of the Black Bulls then released a scream, echoing across the room, stunning everyone.
"Jack! I'm leaving Dante to you!" Natch explained as he activate his shadow magic, causing hands to materialize under Naamah and Lilith.
The two Qlipoth Devils got dragged into the shadows by the hands and found themselves in a new location.
"Our movement got suppressed in an instant and then we got moved." Naamah commented, sounding calm.
"Interesting." Lilith commented, also sounding calm.
"Mana-Zone+Shadow Magic: Dark Prison Hunting Ground." Natch announced before casting the entire room into shadow.
"It's the start of a tag of hell." Natch spoke from within the shadow.
"I can't see. I can't see. Let's play this with power. Yeah, let's play." Naamah spoke as flames started to appear around his body.
"Let's do so. Don't bring out your full power. Slowly, calmly." Lilith spoke as ice started to appear around her body.
"Let's compete whether who kill him first." Both Qlipoth Devils Spoke before starting to attack Natch who began to move about, changing Devil Union forms.
Natch then struck Naamah.
"My attacks won't work against the highest ranking Devils after all!" Natch thought as he sense how little damage he did towards the fire-wielding Devil.
"Found you!" Naamah said with a wide smile on his face as he glanced over his shoulder.
Naamah prepared to throw an attack towards the vice-captain of the Black Bulls as moved back, but before Natch could get struck by the fire-based attack, it got destroyed.
"What?!" Natch thought as he could just make out a figure in front of him.
"Why is it so dark in here?!" Liebe's voice spoke through the darkness.
"Liebe?! What are you doing here?" Natch asked, becoming widening his eyes.
"We'd sensed a sudden appearance of Demonic-Mana, so we decided to investigate." Liebe responded, causing Natch to raise an eye-brow.
"We?" Natch asked, becoming confused.
"Yeah, Dämmerung is here as well." Liebe responded.
"Hm? More playthings have appeared, and one's a Devil?" Lilith questioned, tilting her head to the side.
"Twilight Magic: Dawn's Arrows!" Dämmerung's voice announced through the darkness and red-coloured arrows threw towards the darkness towards the two Qliphoth Devils.
Reacting upon instinct, both Qliphoth Devils transform their bodies into fire and ice, avoiding getting damaged by Dämmerung's attacks.
"Tough luck. You need to be quicker." Naamah commented before laughing slightly as his body slowly reformed back from fire.
It was at that moment that Liebe moved, heading straight towards Lilith before swinging Demon Rache, easily cutting through the ice before quickly moving away before he could potentially get struck.
"Huh? How can a lowly, magicless Devil can cut through my ice?" Lilith questioned, a slight sneer appearing on her lips.
"Gehehehe. Would you like to know." Liebe responded from within the shadows, making sure not to let anti-magic leak to much so that it could disrupt Natch's spell.
"Prepare yourself, Devils. This game of tag isn't over." Natch spoke as he transformed into his cat-like Devil Union form before starting to quickly move about the shadow-covered space.
Whilst Dämmerung and Liebe began to move themselves, both Naamah and Lilith released their magic in a chaotic manner, not letting the three get close to them, although Liebe is able to properly defend himself against the two types of magic.
Eventually, Natch appeared behind Naamah before transforming into his Devil Union: Equus and then kicking the Qliphoth Devil.
"That doesn't hurt at all!" Naamah said with a wide smile on his face, not feeling any pain from Natch's attack.
Unfortunately for Naamah, Liebe appeared and swing Demon Rache and manage to land a hit on the Qliphoth Devil.
"Ghe?!" Naamah exclaimed becoming surprise as he felt anti-magic entering his body.
A smirk appeared on Liebe's face before sensing an attacking coming from Lilith.
"Twilight Magic: Dusk's Shield." Dämmerung announced, creating a blue coloured shield in front of Liebe, blocking Lilith's claw.
"Thanks!" Liebe said before moving around the shield and striking Lilith.
"What is going on?" Lilith questioned as she felt a slight twang of pain.
"What? Can't your bodies handle my powers, Gehehehe." Liebe said before laughing slightly.
"Liebe's anti-magic is the only thing we have as of right now that can properly damage these two Qliphoth Devils." Natch thought as he and Liebe backed away.
"Another problem is that they have no limits with their magic powers, so basically, the only option we have is to dodge their attacks and let Liebe deal the most damage." The vice-captain of the Black Bulls thought as he and the other two continuously dodge the ice and fire attacks that Lilith and Naamah are throwing about in Natch's Dark Prison Hunting Ground.
"Good. Great. Pretty quick." Naamah commented in a pleased tone of voice.
"Come to think of it. By the way. Why, why aren't you lot just run away?" Lilith questioned, becoming curious.
"Huh?! Why should we answer a question like that? Just stop attacking so that I can hit you." Liebe responded as he swing Demon Rache, letting his anti-magic cut through some ice that was heading his way.
"Silence, lowly Devil." Lilith said, a slight sneer appearing on her face.
"I'm not running away, because I don't forgive unjust evil." Natch responded in a determined tone of voice.
"Plus, I don't mind if I die." Natch thought as memories of the past filtered through his mind.
It was at that moment that Lilith launched a power ice attack, creating icy spikes which pierce Natch, Liebe and Dämmerung.
"Gah!" Everyone exclaimed in pain just as the shadowy space disappeared and Liebe dropped Demon Rache.
"Hey, hey, hey. Why did you released such powerful attack like that?" Naamah questioned as he glance towards Lilith, although not feeling any malice towards his fellow Qliphoth Devil of the first level.
"Getting bored. Want some change." Lilith responded, feeling thrilled at the damage that she has caused.
"I need to….free Liebe. He would be…..able to cut through…..the ice." Dämmerung thought in pain as he glanced towards the anti-magic Devil, figuring out that Liebe being pierced by ice and feeling pain is probably the reason as to why he hasn't used his anti-magic to free himself already.
"….I'm not going to rectify your evil. I'm going to kill you before you lay a hand on any good people…." Natch said through gritted teeth.
"Here and now, I'll surpass my limits!" The vice-captain said with a danger look in his eyes.
"I never though I would have said that again." Natch thought, he not liking that statement at all.
"I don't care if I die. However, I'm the one monitoring the whole situation and giving orders, so I won't die until victory is assured." Natch thought as he started to gear himself up.
"I have to do something about these High-ranking Devils or else. All the Devils I'm contracted with are mid-rank. They can't even touch these Supreme Devils." Natch thought, observing the situation and his current options.
"The first thing is to free Liebe, our crucial attribute within this battle. I leave that to Dämmerung." Natch thought, noticing the pages of Dämmerung's Grimoire slowly turning.
"Help me with my gamble….Plumede and Walgner." Natch said as two of four Devils appeared.
"Of course, you showed us things we could have never seen in the Underworld." Plumede responded.
"I believe in you, Natch." Walgner responded as well.
"I surpass my limits, here and now." Natch thought as a memory of his brother appeared on his head.
"Devil Union: Gallus X Felis." Natch announced as he transformed into a hybrid Devil Union form.
"What's this?" Naamah questioned, becoming curious.
"His magic…..grew?" Lilith questioned, becoming curious as well.
"For just a moment, I can boost the power of a single spell to a class of a Supreme Devil!" Natch thought just as the pages of his Grimoire began to turn before stopping.
"Shadow Magic: Monument of Atonement." Natch announced, creating two slabs of shadows above and below everyone with long shadowy arms filling the space.
"By sacrificing myself, I'll lock you inside a world of shadows. A place with no life and death." Natch explained just as the top slab of shadow closes onto him, Naamah and Lilith.
Silence began to fill the air.
"…..Do you think that he'll be okay?" Liebe asked, him now being free thanks to Dämmerung.
"My guess is good as yours. But with you free, we have the advantage again." Dämmerung responded, causing Liebe to nod his head, a small grin appearing on his face.
It was at that moment that fire and ice suddenly burst out of the slab of shadow, destroying it, revealing a heavily injured Natch.
"Natch!?" Both Dämmerung and Liebe shouted at the same time.
"Impossible! They broke my spell? Something which doesn't physically exist?! Their magic….it burns away everything. Freezes everything. Even shadow and light…..and even invisible concepts." Natch thought as two Devils float in front of him, one covered in flames whilst the other is covered in ice.
Beside him are his previous fused Devils, now reduced to a puddle-like substance.
It was at that moment that both Naamah and Lilith attacked Natch.
"AAAAAAAAAAA!" Natch screamed in pain as his body got burned and frozen.
This cause both Naamah and Lilith to laugh cruelly, enjoying Natch's scream of pain.
"Liebe!" Dämmerung shouted as he charged forwards with Liebe just behind him, knowing what is going through the twilight magic user's head just as one of Naaham's hand started to reach towards Natch's throat.
However, it was at that moment a brightly glowing blade cut through the stretched out arm, severing it.
"Get away from him!" Saber said in a serious tone of voice before swinging Rekka again, this time releasing a powerful gust of wind, causing the two Qliphoth Devils to be pushed back.
"You…." Natch muttered in a stunned tone of voice.
"Hold still." Saber said as he turned around just as his second Grimoire opened.
"Dragon Magic: Hydro Dragon's Tears." Saber announced as he held up his free hand just above Natch's head where a drop of water fell onto the vice-captain of the Black Bulls where he felt a calm feeling going through his body.
"My wounds….they're getting healed…?" Natch thought in a stunned tone of voice.
With Naamah, the Qliphoth Devil stared at his severed hand.
"What's this? It's severed?" Naamah questioned in a confused tone of voice.
"That boy…..He's a Holy Sword wielder…...and that Mana….." Lilith muttered, her body becoming tense.
"So these two are the first level Qliphoth Devils." A voice commented, causing everyone to turn towards the source of the voice to see Saikou in his X-Swordsman form.
"Yeah, they certainly feel like it." Saber said as he turned his attention back onto the Naamah and Lilith.
"By the way…..did you had to drop me?" Saikou asked, becoming annoyed.
"Eh?" Saber said, becoming confused.
"We were flying towards this location at high speeds and then you suddenly let go of me! Do you know how that felt?!" Saikou demanded, making the swordsman of flames jump slightly.
"S-sorry." Saber responded in a weak tone of voice. Everyone else started to sweat-drop at the scene in front of them.
"Are you two….going to bicker?" Naamah questioned, tilting his head to the side.
"No! We're here to take you two down!" Saber and Saikou responded at the same time, pointing their swords towards the two Qlipoth Devils.
And there we have it, the Heart Kingdom group showing their newly acquired Ultimate Magic whilst the battle against Naamah and Lilith continues with Dämmerung, Liebe joining the battle before Saber and Saikou made their apperance.
In Gavv:
1) Whilst Shoma/Gavv failed to rescue the injured Hanto, an Agent brought back the Human Press that Granute Large Nine got where Glotta and Lango became impress with the quality of them. As Shoma informed Dente about the current events, Hanto woke up in an abandoned building where he saw Granute Rojoe bringing Jeebh towards him, yet Jeebh was annoyed that the Granute didn't brought Shoma.
2) As continue his search for Hanto, Shoma is approuched by the Bushel Gochizo that he gave to Hanto eariler who then took him to the abandoned building where he is confronted by Granute Rojoe. Tricking Granute Rojoe, who was pleased with the capture, Shoma managed to reach Hanto and freed him, yet Hanto was annoyed that he lost the opportunity to enter the Granute world and learn more. The two then fought Granute Rojoe where Valen transformed into his Bushel form. Afterwards as Shoma, Hanto and Sachika had a party, Hanto gained the feeling that Shoma is hiding something whilst Nyelv has completed building a new Driver along with holding a Gochizo called Doppudding.
As the series enter the 2nd arc, two new Riders will be appearing. The first is called Kamen Rider Vlam whose idenity is Granute Large Nine who uses the Vrastrumgear, the same Driver that Nyelv created, and the Doppudding Gochizo. Whilst the second Kamen Rider's name is unknown, they are basically a dark version of Gavv, using the Sparkingummy Gochizo. Not only that, but Valen is going to gain a new form through the Chocold Gochizo.
Please review and until next time.
howard576:
1) That's an interesting idea, but there is another feature that the five dragons possess.
2) If Shoma, Shita and Jeebh did got along during their childhood, then they will be reluctant to fight each other and when Shita and Jeebh do get fired, I can imagine Shoma taking them to Dente.
3) I not sure on what Shoma's future power-up forms will be based on, but I can imagine that for his Final Form, Shoma will need to undergo surgery to strengthen his Gavv/belt or something similar.
shlong2000: Yep, Asta's arrival will change the course of the invasion and for Spatha, he seemed to be using the escaped Devils for his own goals.